St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-06
THE WOMAN GOES FREE.
Release of the Female Immigrant
Bound for DasseI, Minn.

NeIeaSe Oh the F'emale Immigrant
Bound for DasseI, Minn.
Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-There was only
one woman in the United States circuit
court room among the throng of lawyers
this morning when Judge Lacombe
took his seat and she was the center of
attraction. Nesting close by her side
was little fiaxen-haired boy. The two
were Ingerd Jonson and her child, the
detained immigrants, produced in court
on writ of habeas corpus. They were
brought from Wards Island by Inter-
prefer Smith, of Castle Garden. The
woman had a sad respondent look. She
had no hat, and wore a faded black
jacket and skirt. Around her neck was
black silk embroidered shawl. Ex-
Judge Noah Davis and Benjamin
F. Blair appeared for her, while
w. w. ROwley represented the
board of immigration commissioners,
the president of which was among
those present, Lawyer Rowley told the
court that all the commissioners had
done in the matter had been under laws
and instructions of the secretary of the
treasury. He said that since their last
meeting
NEW INSTRUCTIONS
had been received and these would be
acted on at a meeting this afternoon.
He asked an adjournment of the case
until after that meeting. Judge Davis
was promptly on his feet at once and
declared that the 'neW instructions"
declared that the emigration board had
acted wholly without authority in the
case. Judge Davis asked for the inn
mediate discharge of the woman, on the
ground that she was not pauper, that
she had provided her railroad ticket for
Minnesota, had SIS in money and friends
and home ready for her, that she
was able and willing to work and
that her friends were anxious to give
bond that she would not become bur-
den to the public. Further, said Judge
Davis, the secretary of the treasury had
ordered the commissioners to release
her July %, and on their neglect to heed
his behest he had instructed the board
by letter received yesterday to free
the woman at once, and not complicate
her case with others. He argued that
members of this board are simply serv-
ants of the secretary of the treasury,
and, as / think, have plainly dlSregarded
the duties imposed upon them by his
instructions, as well as by the law itself.
They have taken this woman and held
her without any right, when she came
here with her passage paid and pro-
Vided with tickets to go West. Now
they ask us to await their convenience.
She should not be held an hour. This
second word to them comes in such
way that they can't disregard it, and yet
they want to get together and patch up
their misconduct. L insist if counsel
are not ready to go on, that your honor
should
GIVE HER INSTANT DISCHARGE.
In reading the last dispatch from Sec
retary Fairchild, Judge Davis heSitated
at pronOuncing the wOman'S name and
said: Il can't pronounce it, but the
real English pronunciation which
accOrds with the truth is Injured JON
son." He added that he could prove
all he said and that the facts in the case
were such as to cause both court and
men to marvel. Mr.. ROwley claimed
that his opponent had not been clearly
Informed and started to go deeper into
the case when Judge Lacombe asked:
.'Do you not cOncede that there is
nothing else for your board now to do
but discharge herT'
"Yes."
''Then why do you hold her?"
: Lawyer Rawley thought it would look
better for the board to discharge her at
their meeting and then talked long
time telling how devoted the commits
sioners were to their duty, adding: LAS
to their acting without authority that is
false, no matter what subsidized press
says about it," Judge LacOmbe
promptly put an end to the discussion
by discharging the woman. The scene
that followed upset the court consider
ably. She was SO happy that she shook
hands with everybody and the boy was
kept busy taking in greenbacks and
silver given him by sympathetic law
yers. She left this evening for her
future home in DaSSel.